How Many Unique Black Businesses are you Supporting in August?

🙄 It’s not like me to post twice in a week; however I didn’t want to miss acknowledging Black Business Month 🤗. So I ask you 🤔 how many unique black businesses are you supporting in August?

📰 August is National Black Business Month which is an important time 📅 to recognize Black-owned businesses across the country. ✊🏽

🧐 History 📚

Historian John William Templeton 👴🏾 & engineer Frederick E. Jordan Sr 👨🏾‍⚕️ founded National Black Business Month in August 2️⃣0️⃣0️⃣4️⃣. The purpose was to “drive the policy agenda affecting the 2.6 million African-American businesses.“ 🥳

🙋🏽 Did You Know❓

  • Black business owners account for about 1️⃣0️⃣% of U.S. businesses & about 30% of all minority-owned businesses 🤷🏽‍♀️ According to the U.S. Census Bureau 🏛 that amounts to approximately 2️⃣ million companies owned by African Americans 😲
  • Nearly 40% of black-owned businesses are in health care 👩🏽‍⚕️👨🏽‍⚕️ & social assistance 🧙🏽‍♀️, repair 👩🏽‍🏭👨🏽‍🏭 and maintenance 👷🏽‍♀️ 👷🏽, & personal and laundry services 🦸🏽 🦸🏽‍♂️
    Other categories include advertising firms 👩🏽‍💼👨🏽‍💼, auto dealerships 👩🏽‍🔧👨🏽‍🔧, consulting services (that’s AB-FAB Designs 🙆🏽‍♀️), restaurants 👩🏽‍🍳👨🏽‍🍳, barbershops 💇🏽‍♂️, beauty salons 💇🏽‍♀️, and more 👸🏽 🤴🏽
  • Among cities, New York 🗽 has the most black-owned businesses in the U.S. followed by Atlanta 🎇. The highest ratio of black-owned businesses is in Washington, DC (my hometown 😘) where 28% of all businesses are black-owned 😎
  • The growth 📈 of black-owned franchise businesses has been explosive 💣. In 2012 over 30% of franchise businesses ™️ were black-owned 😁, up from about 20% 5️⃣ years previous❣️

🔍 How Many Unique Black Businesses are you Supporting in August?

  • Support & encourage African American-owned businesses in your community.
  • Learn more about business opportunities for the African American community.
  • Use #NationalBlackBusinessMonth in social media correspondence.
  • Discover more on the Black Business Month website.

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